As a result of a collision between a bus with a motorcycle and a truck in the Afghan province of Herat, 71 people were killed, according to Reuters, citing a representative of the provincial administration, Ahmadullah Muttaki.
The report notes that 17 children were among the dead.
According to Al Jazeera, there were refugees recently deported from Iran on the bus.
The police of Herat province said that the cause of the incident was speeding and violation of the rules by the bus driver. rbc.ru.
From November 17 to 23, a delegation of Uzbek entrepreneurs, headed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan, is on a working visit to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
On November 17, Tashkent hosted a meeting between Energy Minister Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov and a delegation led by Abdul Bori Umar, CEO of the Afghan energy company DABS.
The National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the People's Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, launched the next stage of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
